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What scientific study are you waiting for that'll just shit on everything we've once thought to have believed in? (kbin.melroy.org)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Pyrin@kbin.melroy.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Like, we'll probably find out that eating boogers actually makes you immune to select illnesses or something crazy like that.

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[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Wouldn't proof that we're in a simulation also mean pretty concrete proof that there's no afterlife or any form of continuation of consciousness when we die?

Like, I doubt your virtual machines go to heaven when you close them.

[–] wintermute@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 weeks ago

If life is a simulation, afterlife can be simulated as well.

[–] Lodespawn@aussie.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah but could they be saved and restarted? Or better yet, restarted from an earlier save but with access to older saves?